Upshot is we lurch from skimp to spend

I think general elections should be every 8 or 10 years which might concentrate the minds of the voting public to take an interest and give governments time to take a slightly longer term view of how to do things

Posted By: essexcanary on September 3rd 2019 at 21:32:50

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Go Corbyn! (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 19:12:03
- Corbyn as PM (General Chat) - ingi, Sep 3, 19:17:28
  - I would leave the country (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Sep 3, 20:13:18
    - Take your crooked mates with you. (n/m) (General Chat) - FreshBlood, Sep 3, 21:31:28
    - yet another reason to vote him in (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 21:13:10
    - I said that about Boris and no deal. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Sep 3, 20:56:35
    - I’m no fan but I’d have Corbin any day rather than Johnson (n/m) (General Chat) - Chopper, Sep 3, 20:38:09
  - I’d rather see a coalition including the Libs and Green Party (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 19:46:11
    - with whom? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 20:16:49
      - That was a while back. All non tories can make a coalition (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 21:16:36
        
        obviously, they could, but would they? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 21:19:16
  - Why? How? (General Chat) - grays, Sep 3, 19:39:15
  - What he said earlier about no deal was very sensible though. (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 19:37:00
  - like I say, just compare the two (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 19:21:07
    - Or you invest in shorting the economy (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 19:38:54
- just compare this measured sense and logic compared to Johnson's shouting and gesticulatin (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 19:15:19
  - i dont think many support the current shitfest of government (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 3, 19:20:48
    - The same old shit they used to say about Nye Bevan, the father of the NHS (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 19:22:06
      - did they (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 3, 19:26:26
        
        as it was in the 1970s - nearly 50 years ago. (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 19:28:58
        
        Imagine if the last Labour govt left us in the shit (General Chat) - essexcanary, Sep 3, 21:01:05
        
        The money’s all gone note was a joke. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 3, 21:20:43
        
        Upshot is we lurch from skimp to spend (General Chat) - essexcanary, Sep 3, 21:32:50
        
        Tories and Lib Dems 4 years (General Chat) - essexcanary, Sep 3, 21:43:51
        
        Tories have had ages. Now they want to totally screw the economy for MANY years to come (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 21:34:54
        
        vmt ^^ (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 21:23:19
        
        This time the chancellor will have to leave a note saying we’ve fucked the economy (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 21:32:10
        
        Brexit will be 4 times worse for the UK economy than the financial crash of 2007 (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 21:15:00
        
        10% utter rubbish. Immediate short term drop (General Chat) - essexcanary, Sep 3, 21:25:21
        
        Wow. Short term drop, long term benefits. What happens in between and when will the (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 21:32:52
        
        I think you've hammered home your point now (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 21:44:18
        
        Apologies for having a different viewpoint (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanary, Sep 3, 21:48:53
        
        we appear to be mostly agreeing, but you seem to be responding to yourself mostly (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 21:52:07
        
        Usually on my Mac but on phone tonight so different layout (General Chat) - essexcanary, Sep 3, 21:58:38
        
        believe me, we largely agree (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 22:15:04
        
        The economy was recovering in 2010 before the election. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 3, 21:24:01
        
        But Labour always get slagged off for poor running of the economy (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 21:34:05
        
        they aren't all career opportunists, this is false (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 21:05:16
        
        A slightly ironic sweeping generalisation (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanary, Sep 3, 21:16:56
        
        You are obviously correct as what you say is fact (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanary, Sep 3, 21:28:55
        
        I'm glad we could agree (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 21:38:08
        
        and a true one in this case (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 21:22:16
        
        Same as Lib Dems, SNP, Green Party etc (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 21:15:35
        
        when a shadow chancellor (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 3, 19:31:33
        
        depends what price that is, but a) that's highly unlikely to happen (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 19:35:29
        
        their will be a huge uproar at any price (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 3, 19:38:50
        
        it'd never happen so not worth arguing the toss about anyway (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 3, 19:47:17
  - It's not this government that I support ffs. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 3, 19:17:11
- “The height of economic lunacy” ⬅️⬅️ Brexit (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 3, 19:14:30

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